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The bridge, Enza Gandolfo

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Did the dead exist? Were they watching? Were they ghosts? Not the kind he'd imagined as a child, draped with white sheets, with the ability to walk through walls, but the kind that lodged themselves in your heart, in your memories, the kind that came to you in dreams, that you could see when you closed your eyes and sometimes even when your eyes were opened. In 1970s Melbourne, 22-year-old Italian migrant Antonello is newly married and working as a rigger on the West Gate Bridge, a gleaming monument to a modern city. When the bridge collapses one October morning, killing 35 of his workmates, his world crashes down on him. In 2009, Jo and her best friend, Ashleigh, are on the verge of finishing high school and flush with the possibilities for their future. But one terrible mistake sets Jo's life on a radically different course. Drawing on true events of Australia's worst industrial accident - a tragedy that still scars the city - The Bridge is a profoundly moving novel that examines class, guilt, and moral culpability. Yet it shows that even the most harrowing of situations can give way to forgiveness and redemption. Ultimately, it is a testament to survival and the resilience of the human spirit
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eng
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The bridge
Title
The bridge
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Enza Gandolfo
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Language
eng
Summary
Did the dead exist? Were they watching? Were they ghosts? Not the kind he'd imagined as a child, draped with white sheets, with the ability to walk through walls, but the kind that lodged themselves in your heart, in your memories, the kind that came to you in dreams, that you could see when you closed your eyes and sometimes even when your eyes were opened. In 1970s Melbourne, 22-year-old Italian migrant Antonello is newly married and working as a rigger on the West Gate Bridge, a gleaming monument to a modern city. When the bridge collapses one October morning, killing 35 of his workmates, his world crashes down on him. In 2009, Jo and her best friend, Ashleigh, are on the verge of finishing high school and flush with the possibilities for their future. But one terrible mistake sets Jo's life on a radically different course. Drawing on true events of Australia's worst industrial accident - a tragedy that still scars the city - The Bridge is a profoundly moving novel that examines class, guilt, and moral culpability. Yet it shows that even the most harrowing of situations can give way to forgiveness and redemption. Ultimately, it is a testament to survival and the resilience of the human spirit
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10659296
Cataloging source
YDX
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1957-
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Gandolfo, Enza
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
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True
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  • Immigrants
  • Industrial accidents
  • Grief
  • Survival
  • Life change events
  • West Gate Bridge (Melbourne, Vic.)
  • Melbourne (Vic.)
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adult
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The bridge, Enza Gandolfo
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nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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txt
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rdacontent
Control code
000062233483
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
375 pages
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9781925713015
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
(OCoLC)1020024609
Label
The bridge, Enza Gandolfo
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000062233483
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
375 pages
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9781925713015
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
(OCoLC)1020024609

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